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Active and healthy ageing, affordable social tourism and sustainable urban development, intelligent cities

Ageing and the promotion of personal autonomy. Reorientation of the tourism sector towards new consumers of products with special needs. Economic, environmental and social challenges of urban areas and their interrelationship, from an integrated and multidisciplinary approach.

Corporate Sustainability, Entrepreneurial Social Responsibility and Business Ethics
Evaluation and Treatment of Personality Disorders: Clinical Implications

The research group aims at the application and validation of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (Linehan, 1993) in: borderline personality disorder, cluster B personality disorders, and other psychological disorders with problems in the regulation of affect.

Global Inequality in Historical Perspective

Analysis of the impact of growth processes on personal inequality in income distribution and on inequality between countries. Historical determinants of global inequality and the impact of public policies.

Agricultural and food history

This line studies the agricultural transformations in contemporary Spain, with the aim of influencing recent debates on the degree of development of the primary sector, its characteristics and its contribution to the industrialisation process.

Biographical events and life trajectories

The analysis of biographical events and life trajectories from micro- and macro-analytical perspectives has as its areas of study education, emancipation, integration into the labour market, the formation and dissolution of unions, motherhood and fatherhood, family changes, gender gaps throughout life and in the private and public spheres, life episodes during old age.

Body and psychopathology

This line argues that the body is essential in the configuration of identity and in the understanding of psychological processes. The main objective is to analyse the bodily processes involved in psychopathological alterations, as well as the psychological effect of the manipulation of the body.

Cataloguing and production of data and construction of demographic and social vulnerability indicators with historical and contemporary data

Compilation of demographic data sources prior to the digitisation of current censuses and registers, production of socio-demographic data on the Valencian population and elaboration of demographic, resilience, social vulnerability and health indicators.

Characteristics of the innovative firm

Innovative activity may require different organizational solutions depending on the objectives of the innovative projects. This line tries to shed light on these problems. 

Classic demographic phenomena

Analysis of the components of population dynamics such as birth rate, fertility, morbidity, infant mortality, adult mortality, mortality shocks, migration, and population structure.

Community Self-Development

Social involvement processes should result in the self-development of these communities that have been subjects of training, monitoring and planning. The self-development methodology has proven to be a positive strategy to cement social change in the municipalities with high rates of poverty, vulnerability and social exclusion.Involvement, self-development, strategic planning, social change.

Community Social Services of local authorities

Community Social Services are the gateway to the social welfare system and its different benefits and programmes that address the needs of the most vulnerable groups. Its analysis and evaluation allows to make improvements in local social welfare structures.

Community-led local development

Social Services are part of public policies for local development because they facilitate the social inclusion of groups with subjective difficulties in integrating into the labour market. Active employment policies aimed at the population at risk of social exclusion are the target population of this line.Local development, community-based social services, inclusion of vulnerable groups, active employment policiesLocal development, community-based social services, inclusion of vulnerable groups, active employment policies

Consolidation and legal protection of the values of the United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU)

Identification and policy development of the values pursued by the UN. Legal protection (at an international, European and national level) of these values. Identification and policy development of the values pursued by the European Union. Legal protection (at an European and national level) of these values.

Constitutional tax law

Analysis of the requirements of constitutional adequacy of the rules making up the tax system and verification of the consequences of the declaration of unconstitutionality of a tax rule.

Contrastive and cross-cultural linguistics. Corpus linguistics

It is based on the cultural and linguistic contrast, using corpus linguistics as a basis, between several modern majority languages such as Peninsular Spanish and English. The aim is to clarify concepts and look for practical applications both at a particular level between specific communicative communities and at a global level within the educational setting, as well as in social and professional communication, such as business communication. The tools of corpus linguistics, from a cross-cultural perspective, prove to be essential both for the collection of real data and compilation of corpora and for their analysis and application of results. In this team, the study of current social and professional communication is approached in symbiosis with the digital world, not only as a mediator, but also as a target for new generation applications.

Contrastive linguistics and languages for professional and academic purposes

The group also studies contrastive linguistics and its application to translation at a lexical-semantic and pragmatic-discursive level between majority languages, e.g. Peninsular Spanish and English, in specialised fields such as health sciencies as well as in other academic and professional contexts.

Customs law

Analysis of the mechanisms of taxation on incoming and outgoing products and services.

Data protection and privacy on the Internet, in the face of open government and transparency

Administrative information on the Internet, transparency, active advertising, right of access and its limits, especially with regard to data protection and privacy.

Determinants of Long-term Economic Growth: Institutions, Economic Integration and Technology

Historical analysis of the profound determinants of economic growth in Europe and Latin America. Relations between institutional change and technological development.

Developments in international and European law in the field of sustainable development: green economy and environment

Impact of the concept of sustainable development on the various sectors of international law (international economic law, international environmental law, international human rights law, etc.). International and European conceptual and normative developments.

Dissatisfaction and complaint behaviour

To study customer dissatisfaction on the basis of claim management, complaint behaviour, change of supplier and the different aspects which are linked to a negative evaluation of service provision by the customer.

Economic and financial crises in the history of Spain

The main objective of this line of research is to analyse the main financial and economic crises and their impact and the economic policy responses adopted after the economic crises in Spain throughout history.

Economic growth: productivity and industrial location

Study of the causes of the economic growth of the Spanish economy and the way out of the vicious circle of backwardness in history. The research deals with different questions to explain economic growth and industrial progress in Spain.

Education and family diversity

Family composition; family functionality; family dynamism; single parenthood; reconstituted or compound families.

Education

Current developments in the connection between the education system and the labour market make it necessary to pay attention to some effects that are already visible on the condition of young people. The first question that will be analysed in this line concerns the concept of human capital and its capacity to create new youth subjectivities that respond to the idea of the entrepreneur of oneself. This idea has been developed by political philosophy in recent decades. Human capital is a machine for activating subjects, which entrepreneurialises social relationships and introduce us the other as a competitor. This is a disturbing scenario for social and human relationships that hovers over today's youth. Human capital is connected to a series of notions such as employability or entrepreneurial spirit that guide the educational and labour conceptions of young people. The second issue studied in this line is the brain drain of Spanish young people as a result of the economic crisis of 2007. The third question refers to free work (internships, scholarships) which is increasingly becoming a compulsory requirement for young university students and opens up a whole field for possible exploitative, abusive and arbitrary practices.

Electoral behaviour

Quantitative analysis of factors determinative of elite and citizen votes in the national elections of their corresponding countries.

Enterprise management of the Social Economy

Study on the administration and management of co-operative enterprises and the Social Economy. It includes its strategic diagnosis, the design of the system of objectives with the mission, vision and values statements, the formulation of corporate and competitive strategies and their implementation.

 

Entrepreneurship, innovation and business performance

Connections between entrepreneurship, innovation and business performance are crucial for the company's competitiveness. 

European security and defence policies. External action

Analysis and assessment of the European security and defence policies, such as military and civil operations, geopolitics, the Global Strategy in security and defence of the European Union, regional strategies for the Mediterranean, Sahel missions, counter terrorist struggle of the EU in Sahel.

Family-school collaboration

Participation and collaboration of families in schools; parents' schools; AMPAs; pedagogical cafés; family involvement (types and modalities); channels of participation; consequences of involvement.

Financial, monetary and banking history

Analysis of the agents, markets and institutions that make up the modern financial system, i.e. from its beginnings in the 19th century to the present day.

Flood risk

Analysis of flood risk at different scales, with particular attention to those produced by Mediterranean fluvial systems. Hazard, vulnerability and risk mapping.

Freedom of expression and information on the internet and hate speech

Analysis of the projection of freedoms on the net and social networks, judicial guarantees, limits, special focus on hate speech.

Gender Violence

Concept of gender violence, legal perspective: study of the impact of the Law on Comprehensive Protection Measures against Gender Violence, public policies against gender violence Psychological perspective of gender violence. Feminicide.

Gender and Labour Relations

Women and the labour market. Socio-economic situation of women. Equality policies. Labour insertion and unpaid work. Wage gap, labour segregation and glass ceiling. Co-responsibility. Budgets with a gender perspective. Gender, social sustainability and ICTs.

Gender, Women's Human Rights and Citizenship. Gender, interculturality, migration and development

Policies for gender equality, against poverty and promotion of social participation at local, national and international levels. Gender and international cooperation, humanitarian action, awareness raising and education for development. Exclusion and marginalisation from a gender perspective.

Global and regional governance in the field of sustainable development

Evolution of the institutional framework for sustainable development, both globally (United Nations system) and regionally (America, Africa, Asia, Antarctica, Arctic), with particular emphasis on the European Union and the Council of Europe.

Globalisation (1870-2000): pay gap and the labour market

The study of the impact of the first globalisation (1880-1913) and technology: on the labour market and on pay gap in the first and second globalisation (1980)

Health psychology

Analysis of health-related psychosocial factors that have an impact on people's quality of life. Prevention and treatment protocol for chronic patients. Especially in the areas of oncology, infertility and ageing.

Health technology evaluation

All types of health technology evaluation, taking into account the broad concept of health technology ranging from medicines and procedures to health technology and techniques.

History of Economic Thought

Study of the historical evolution of economic theory and its impact on the process of economic development in Spain.

Industrial economics

Industrial Economics combines theories with empirical work on the organisation of enterprises, markets and industries.

Institutional trust

Analysis and evolution of the level of citizen and elite trust towards State institutions particularly in economic crisis situations.

International cooperation for development. Participation and democracy. Social Security

Cooperation for the improvement of human development rates and social cohesion. Methodologies for carrying out participative citizen diagnoses, their systematisation and the elaboration of public policies from the citizen's proposal. Analysis of Social Security Systems.Cooperación para la mejora de los índices de desarrollo humano y la cohesión social. Metodologías para la realización de diagnósticos ciudadanos participativos, su sistematización y la elaboración de políticas públicas desde la propuesta ciudadana. Análisis de los Sistemas de Seguridad Social.

International security

Analysis and assessment of security policies, such as military and civil operations, geopolitics, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, economic sanctions.

International tax law

Analysis and examination of the rules and models governing the international taxation of income and value added taxes, in particular double taxation conventions and anti-abuse rules.

Intervention strategies with families and children

Family mediation; family counselling; family therapy; specialised family and child-adolescent care teams; training programmes; intervention techniques.

Job insecurity and youth. Occupational health. Sport and integration

Access of young people to the labour market. Barriers and difficulties in worker participation and ways to improve working conditions. Sport as an instrument of integration in degraded urban contexts or with socially disadvantaged groups - immigrants, young people, women.

La estrategia de la empresa innovadora

Strategic decisions in matter of innovation have important implications for the organization. 

Language variation

The group approaches language variation from different perspectives that integrate the multiple variables that interact in current communication. The predominant approach is the pragma-semantic variationist one, highlighting the interpersonal and multimodal versatility of communication and its influence on social, professional and educational transformations. In a pioneering way, the team approaches variation in all fields of applied linguistics from a multidisciplinary perspective.

Leadership in organisations

It investigates the background and consequences of leadership in organisations and their units.

Long-term Regional Economic Growth: Europe and Latin America

Analysis of the processes of regional economic growth in the historical experiences of European and Latin American countries. Impact of growth on territorial inequality. Impact of public policies on regional development in Europe and Latin America.

Mediterranean Hydrology in the Context of Climate Change

The particularities of Mediterranean hydrology are studied, with special attention to the functioning of watercourses and gullies, in the current context of climate change.

Mindfulness and compassion

Psychological interventions based on mindfulness and compassion have strongly burst into the field of psychological treatments. This line of research aims to investigate the effects of their practice on different psychological aspects, such as attention, emotional regulation or values.

Organisational climate and culture

It investigates the processes of formation of the climate and culture of the organisations, as well as the effects of the climate and culture on the functioning, results, and quality of working life of the organisations and their units.

Organizational learning and knowledge management

Innovative activity involves organizational learning and requires effective knowledge management. 

Parental competence and resilience

Childhood and adolescent needs; parenting skills; educational styles; attachment; context; family supports; resources.

Pensions and social protection

Financial-actuarial analysis of the pension systems and main contingencies: retirement, disability, widowhood, orphanage, family member, unemployment and dependency. It also studies the financial and insurance products that are best suited to the needs of individuals.

Policies and strategies for local and territorial development

Policies and strategies for local and territorial development: socioeconomic transformation processes, new activities, actors in territorial management and territorial development policies.

Polítiques familiars en l'àmbit local

Les polítiques de protecció a la família són una assignatura pendent per al sistema de benestar social espanyol. A més, tenim constància que són en les entitats socials on es poden generar resultats d'investigació aplicats a la solució de les problemàtiques de família i de conciliació entre vida laboral i familiar.

Positive Psychology for the promotion of well-being and health

Positive Psychology defends the importance of studying the well-being of individuals. In the research group we aim to investigate in this field, developing Positive Interventions applied through ICTs and studying the processes involved in well-being.

Professional training in working with families, children and adolescents

Continuous training programmes; initial training; needs assessment; evaluation; professional skills; professional attitudes; phases of socio-educational intervention; types of intervention.

Promoting healthy lifestyles

The way of living has an impact on the physical and mental health of individuals. The research group aims to investigate and provide strategies to achieve a better quality of life in people, developing interventions applied through ICTs.

Protection for children and adolescents at risk or in distress

Childhood-adolescence protection; situation of risk; situation of distress; child protection measures and resources; foster care; adoption; specialised teams; family intervention plan; individualised protection plan.

Psychological interventions through ICTS

The use of ICTs is growing exponentially in the field of Clinical Psychology. Our aim is to design applications (web platforms, virtual reality, mobile systems) that serve as therapeutic tools in the assessment and treatment of psychological disorders.

Relational innovation and ICT

To identify the benefits that the incorporation of ICT, and with them relationship-based innovation between enterprises and enterprises with their customers, can bring to retail businesses in particular and to service companies in general.

 

Research in qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis for the study of the population

Research on techniques and methods of analysis based on statistical data as well as discursive and textual data.

Satisfaction and consumer behaviour

To analyse the different aspects that define consumer behaviour and especially satisfaction, which focuses on the study of the management of consumer expectations, the analysis of the emotions that influence the consumer buying behaviour and their loyalty.

 

Services for population in rural areas as territorial development factors

Public services in rural areas (education, health, social services, commercial activity, infrastructures, leisure, tourism and cultural facilities, etc.) as factors of demographic attraction, economic dynamization (incomes and labour market) and social cohesion. 

Social capital and territorial development: social networks, power elites and leadership in rural areas

Social capital and territorial development: social networks, power elites and leadership in rural areas. In this line of research, the Social Media Analysis approach is used. The subject of crisis and resilience in local communities is tackled as well. 

Social networks in the health field, with particular reference to rural areas

Vulnerabilities, social exclusion and (new) poverty in rural areas as a result of the crisis and the Welfare State withdrawal (reduction and/or disappearance of the social benefits, privatization and/or deregulation of public services, etc.). This line of research is based on the application of the social networks approach to the health field, with particular reference to rural areas. 

Socio-educational intervention in alienating family practices

Separation/divorce processes; family conflict; manipulation; child/adolescent abuse; analysis, diagnosis, intervention and evaluation.

Strategy and decision-making

Corresponding to its complexity and wide range, it focuses on studies and developments concerning strategy (including tactical and operational levels) and all the components involved in the decision-making process, based on normative or descriptive models (mathematical versus psychological), as well as at the individual and group level.

Strategy and management of Commercial Distribution

To observe the evolution of commercialisation channels, and to study fields such as service quality, image, value of service, logistics and the management of the point of sale, both related to large-scale distribution and traditional businesses. 

Study of heavy rainfall events. Trends of change: from resource to risk.

Study of torrential rainfall episodes, at different time scales. The episodes are studied in relation to the genetic factors that have produced them, as well as in relation to the intensification factors and their consequences, in hydrological terms. The trends of change that seem to point towards a decrease in the resource and an increase in risk are studied.

Study on the quality of legislation

Research is carried out on the instruments of legislative quality as a mechanism to improve legal certainty and thus enhance democratic quality, especially in the field of private law.

Sustainability, ICT and social innovation in health care systems

The socio-technical processes applied to the sustainability of integrated social and health systems are investigated, based on the principles of user satisfaction and system efficiency.

Sustainable Entrepreneurship

Study on entrepreneurship and the creation of enterprises in general, especially social enterprises. Analysis of the entrepreneur concept, its characteristics and application of the different theories of entrepreneurship. Study of sustainable entrepreneurship

Territorial diagnoses: inclusion and social cohesion plans, equality plans, work-family life conciliation plans

Municipal public policies require a territorial analysis to be able to implement plans, programmes and projects adapted to the emerging priority needs for citizens. The participatory action research methodology has been identified as strategic to provide a solution to this type of policy and relevant results have been produced in this regard.

The narrative perspective in community-based development

The constructivist paradigm is gaining ground among qualitative researchers and new methodologies such as the narrative are opening up for research in local communities. Especially on problems that are not usually visible and that, through the recognition of the strategy of the citizens’ involvement in the solution of them, it is possible to plan processes of social change that recognize the need to generate public policies of community development.

The paradigm of sustainable development in its international and European dimension

Legal nature of the concept of sustainable development; content of the notion of development in its economic, social, cultural and environmental aspects; basic characteristics of the criterion of sustainability; disparities in the development of towns; common but differentiated responsibilities, etc.

The right to political participation from a gender perspective

Electoral regulations, parity, political parties. Study on the behaviour of political parties in the design of electoral lists. Positions held by women in politics, parties and institutions.

Third sector and social economy: social innovation and socio-economic reengineering. CSR and entrepreneurship

Social Economy: strategies for sustainable economy and social cohesion. Design of indicators. Design, evaluation and promotion for the implementation of CSR strategies. Dissemination and consolidation of social entrepreneurship. Generation of motivation for entrepreneurship and employment M 3.0.

Tourism Enterprise Management and Tourism

To study the key trends for strategic management and academic research in tourism: e-tourism and its perceived value as a substantial topic in the study of customer behaviour, delving into its effects (background, mediators or moderators) on relationships.

 

Trade and economic growth

The impact of international trade on economic growth through the construction of a highly disaggregated database. The higher level of disaggregation makes it possible to distinguish between the number of goods traded, as well as the destinations, and the values (unit quantities and values).

Traffic and Road Safety

The topics of research and development are very broad and include epidemiological studies, accident research, causes of accidents, risk factors, risk groups, vulnerable users, driver behaviour, basic psychological processes, attitudes, motivations and values underlying behaviour, the special case of offenders and repeat offenders, as well as autonomous driving.

In addition to the human factor, the subject of study includes the roads (with special attention to black spots and accident hotspots, as well as signage, which is particularly variable), vehicles, and the condition of all of them.

Transport and Sustainable Mobility

The research and development topics are very broad and include studies of the travel habits or needs of users of a given territory or means of transport, user satisfaction, public transport, the impact of changes in supply, soft modes, freight, logistics, last mile, fares, accessibility, inclusiveness, gender, environment, electric mobility, etc.

Likewise, and even more so in the case of Road Safety, Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) are the object of study and development, as well as other means of land transport, such as rail, tram and metro, as well as maritime and air transport.

Virtual communities, social innovation and knowledge management

To study virtual communities and networks as a mechanism for social innovation and a way of managing and sharing knowledge.  On the one hand, organisational management strategies (facilitating conditions, existing rules for sharing or support from the community manager) are analysed, as well as structural factors (leadership and prestige of the community) and their influence on the results for users and professionals (sense of community, quality of knowledge, proactive participation, satisfaction, innovation...). In addition, the influence that technological (navigation, interactivity), personal (expectations of results, self-efficacy) and/or motivational (identification, reciprocity and confidence) factors may have on efficient functioning is also studied. To this end, the perceptions of users or professionals of virtual communities of practice in relation to the aforementioned variables are analysed. The results allow us to outline a set of guidelines oriented towards the efficient design and optimal management of these virtual communities.

Vulnerabilities, social exclusion and (new) poverty in rural areas

Vulnerabilities, social exclusion and (new) poverty in rural areas as a result of the crisis and the Welfare State withdrawal (reduction and/or disappearance of the social benefits, privatization and/or deregulation of public services, etc.). This line of research is based on the application of the social networks approach to the health field, with particular reference to rural areas. 

Welfare education and students with special educational needs

Research is conducted on: the improvement of the quality of life of people with disabilities (intellectual, brain damage, illness, autism spectrum disorders, attention deficit and hyperactivity), the educational response to their special needs, and on the psychosocial impact on families.

Well-being and performance in virtual teams: subgroups and emotional competencies

The general objective of this line of research is to analyse the individual and collective well-being of the VTs, as well as the impact that the creation of subgroups and the development of the group's emotional management can have on both their well-being and their effectiveness. To do so, a longitudinal experimental study is developed, where four different experimental conditions are considered, as a result of the combination of the two central variables: creation or not of subgroups and training or not in emotional management.  An interactive platform is used with different applications created ad-hoc for this purpose. All the groups are made up of four people and work over five working sessions solving tasks of an individual and collective nature. The results will contribute to the design of healthy virtual teams, with members with high well-being and at the same time effective. As well as the design of specific training programmes in emotional management for virtual collaborative contexts.

Work and its new forms

This line of research aims to research the emerging forms of work both in terms of their material insecurity and in terms of the new configuration of subjectivities that are taking shape. The recent changes in the world of work linked to cognitive work, digital work, platform capitalism and new forms of work organisation that particularly affect young people - project work, the rise of independent forms of work and freelances- are giving room to new precariousness. The aim is to research the effects of jobs in which: 1) The frontier between work and personal life is narrowing; 2) Cognitive, creative and emotional skills are expanding; those that take advantage of personal qualities and open up a whole new scenario of cognitive exploitation; 3) New business demands are being made for involvement, vocation and dedication in these jobs, which call for a "psychological contract", for the identification with the company; 4) Work is recently identified as a space for recognition, reputation, the brand of the corresponding individualisation; 5) Autonomy is glorified as a competence and as an employment situation, which leads us towards the predominance of the entrepreneurial and the independent worker figures; 6) The capacity for negotiation on wages and working conditions is low and increases precarious situations. The weakness of the trade union movement and the protective family framework - which provides support for young people in precarious situations - strengthen the negotiating power of the company, which establishes precarious material conditions with little resistance. Initially, the qualitative approach will guide the research methodologically.

Youth response to the crisis

The latest economic recession that has hit the Western countries has revealed not only the fragility of the capitalist system and the social guarantees that have been associated for some years to Fordism, but also the existence of a deep systemic crisis of a structural rather than a conjunctural nature. Those who are young today have grown up immersed in this crisis and in the uncertainty that the ineffectiveness of social structures produces. In the face of the challenge of "growing up" in this context, young people are adopting the most diverse strategies. This line of research aims precisely to analyse what these strategies are by trying to identify the existence of patterns and construct some new theoretical categorisations.  Starting with Hirshman's famous "exit, voice or loyalty", protest or conformity, the studies carried out in this line analyse the phenomenology of these reactions: processes such as emigration, protest and participation that are manifested in the new social movements, innovation as the construction of new paths, are the central phenomena of this line. The destructuring of Western societies and their organisation is generating, on the one hand, a lack of univocal orientation in the processes of socialisation in favour of the pluralisation of life paths and, on the other hand, an urgent need to build new "solutions" in the life of the community in all areas. From the models of coexistence and the pluralisation of family models, to the ways in which work is organised, including training processes, the life of young people is characterised by a very interesting mixture of conservation and innovation, of ruptures and the emergence of new identities, where subjective processes and interpersonal relations take on great importance. Hence the key use of qualitative research methodologies.